Becoming ONE with the Swamp | Sailing the Great Dismal Swamp

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Hope you all enjoyed this episode of our trip down the Dismal Swamp! Don't forget to check out the 🧩puzzles 🧩 of this trip over on the shop in www.beauandbrandy.com

[@maryjnorwood3962]

Gorgeous! My grandfather used to tell stories about outlaws hiding in the swamp, and never coming out. 😂😎

[@SailingOneLife]

I had no idea the Dismal Swamp was so beautiful! 😍😍

[@BeauAndBrandy]

I feel like we may have been there at the best time of the year.

[@jackfntwist]

You should definitely be sponsored by Hanes! That's so beautiful - the closing shot of the swamp. Creepy but beautiful.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

It was so eerie in a beautiful calm way!

[@jonrjd912]

wow Awesome swamp description! Brandy has a gift. She should be a writer!

[@2011mendo]

Bar none, your best vlog.. From an Ole mullet chaser from Florida, this was pretty cool... As long as I didn't hear any banjos, I knew the story had a nice ending and pleasant storyline!! Course your not through GA yet!!. 😮. Thanks for the ride... BTW,, your drone footage was a fantastic view. Made me really get a feel for the adventure. Nice work.. The slow mo's of the river, were a nice touch too. Very documentary like.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thank you so much! So kind! Yes we were awaiting the banjos too 😝

[@jeffreyhutchinsdo]

Dude!!! I experienced significant shrinkage from merely watching you jump in that frigid water! 😂

[@BeauAndBrandy]

🤣😂🥶

[@todd793]

My old home town Spent many days in the swamp

[@onsdag2k]

WOW! that drone shot were you glide through the leaves, completely otherworldly 👀 👍👍👍👍👌

[@BeauAndBrandy]

🤩 thank you!

[@mattman237]

No Wake, No Problem - Official Saoirse Motto (Probably)

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Exactly 😜

[@willarnold9173]

i used to take canoe trips though the swamp with my dad. That was 45 years or so ago, but it brings up so much memories.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

I bet canoeing through it was so serene!

[@willarnold9173]

@@BeauAndBrandy there were a few more big snakes being warmer out.

[@richardnwilson]

Great video thank you! I made that same trip in the fall of 1978 in a Bristol 27. At that time there was one turning Bridge that was operated by hand by the operator walking around in circles to rotate the roadway. He would open the bridge on demand if he was in a good mood. Otherwise you might have to wait quite a while. If you are impatient and blew your horn more than once you would definitely have to wait quite a while.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Wow! Now that’s a job you’re getting your exercise in!

[@garyseven777]

One hand for you and one for the boat, Brandi!!!! Very nice episode- GET SOUTH!! 🤗 ❤

[@xoniwebmaster1]

Nice views. I did the trip in 1982 in a 23ft sailboat 10 hp outboard. I really enjoyed it then and I'm reliving it thru ur vid. Many Thanks.

[@loisphillips5826]

Cool sail in the swamp. Beautiful trees and the sounds of the birds, wow. Always enjoy your videos.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

The sounds always make it don’t they? So peaceful hearing them sing their songs.

[@kschlo4work]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@JustinSaying]

I agree real nice ✌️

[@craigkepchar2619]

What a wonderful place to sail through. You two are blessed to experience such a magical place. Love the show.

[@sphericaldepth]

Yall easing my homesickness with this one. I left Virginia mid 2020 but always watch Turn, Outlander and such to quench my tears, or let them flow. Im ever so grateful for yall. Im happy Beau didn't get bit by the crawdads or Dismal dank lurking. Courage meets crazy in his wading through. I hope yall have a big enough bag of rice to dry out the drone! Your most humble n gracious followers, Laurie Hamilton ( and daughter Skylar ❤️ and yes, our blue bully Sage loves yall too!)

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Oh my gosh!!! This made us smile! So happy you could experience that with us! And if you watch in the VERY beginning we also had a pibble 😍 so give that baby a hug for us!!

[@deborahcrowell7043]

Wowza beautiful swamp sail! That bird call at the end was sooooo cool. ❤❤

[@BeauAndBrandy]

It made the trip even more cool!!

[@jamesgordon2289]

The Great Dismal swap was so beautiful. thank you for sharing this with us

[@BeauAndBrandy]

You’re so welcome! Thanks for coming along!

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Beau and brandy. Wow, what a beautiful place of pass through absolutely one place that is very peaceful. Keep up the good work from Australia.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thanks for coming along all the way from 🇦🇺

[@narrateanewtunnel2352]

BEAUTIFUL, relaxing video! Bravo & thank you!!

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@galenn796]

Beautiful. Your storytelling just keeps getting better and better. Great video and editing.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thank you very much ✨⛵️

[@OldManGibb]

Drone recovery by "Beau" yea buddy, that cold water will make even the stiffest of problems just shrink right on down to nothing real fast. LOL Glad you were able to recover the drone and footage.

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀😀👍👍👍❤ Sorry about the drone but the footage was fabulous. This trip through the swamp is something that very few can say they have done. It's like going back in time for sure. Thanks again for this great video. Bye from another boat owner in Seattle, WA.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Super happy we got the opportunity to do it, and we have a shallow draft short mast boat to do it! So peaceful and beautiful during that time of year.

[@mrsmithdaddy]

Glad you recovered it. Those were some awesome shots! What a beautiful place. Thanks for the history lesson too.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

I think y’all should do it!

[@christineminer2117]

Wonderful vid….awesome pics. Well done and TY!

[@fraksinharmony2109]

Hello We are on a journey of our own and have followed you for years. Just heard you on the radio calling to Onslow Bridge. We were so excited! We are heading back to Michigan and will continue to enjoy your videos. We are COLD AS WELL. Bob And Lori Frak

[@Lighthouse6b]

Swamp route closed in January and isn’t scheduled to reopen till the end of March.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

We did this back in November.

[@smokeitup4203]

1st...congratulations on your 52.1 subscribers....we all love watching your adventures...meeting new friends and enjoying each other and you know I love the drone shots 😎😃

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@Building_Bluebird]

That view is a lot nicer than the view on the highway that parallels the canal on the way to Elizabeth City. Stina and I drove through there last summer. I was also picturing it as dark and mysterious from the name.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Seriously beautiful 😍

[@EvanLoewen]

Looks much colder than the Bahamas!! 😁

[@davidmalone9022]

My draft is 6.5', so I guess that would be a no-go for me. What a beautiful experience it must have been.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Sadly no. But happy you got to come along with us :)

[@alofns]

Loved the Dismal Swamp. The free docks were an added bonus! Great drone footage...and recovery. Thanks for the video.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Right! The first one we stopped at we could have stayed forever! So peaceful. Now if they could had 30 amp plugs…

[@zenstitch9972]

...that was interesting about the swamp water, Beau!

[@GuyIncognito764]

Did a dismal swamp trip headed north on our Pearson 365 in 21'. Also an electric sailboat. Very pretty and really low traffic that day so uneventful in a good way. Water was glassy smooth and reflected like a mirror. Really pretty that. Only complaint was the ~95F temp that day, but we survived. Buy the boiled peanuts in the visitor center!

[@BeauAndBrandy]

At a first glance I read you were boiled peanuts bc it was 95 🥜🔥

[@sdrest]

So enjoyable, beautiful scenery and the autumn colours, thanks for taking me along through Saoirse's swampy ghosts, I was there.🦩🦅

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thanks for coming along 🍁🍃⛵️

[@sailingnuestravida]

Incredible videography in this one. There are 2 kinds of drone pilots; those that have crashed and those that will crash…and the shots were great! Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Yes! Haha. We are happy we were able to recover the footage

[@kristaready8812]

Wow, that was really beautiful and relaxing 🤗💞

[@davidmontgomery1016]

My boat lives about 90 miles south just off of Pamlico Sound. I hope to run the Swamp sometime in the near future. I've only had the boat since September.

[@chrisbailey6986]

Great and unique video. Thanks.

[@Life-Dreaming]

Great footage, thank you. My teen years were lived in Ohio & the colors on the trees by the water reminded me of my former home - running & cross-country races. Take care & enjoy - these are the moments of your life!!!! 💙🇺🇸💚👍😇

[@BeauAndBrandy]

It was magical really, the colors in the video couldn’t do it justice.

[@sandyestabrook3898]

Really great video especially in contrast to all those South Pacific cruisers. At one point you were going so slow, I thought you posted a still image. Again, great change of pace.

[@nikolaydildin]

Lucky you! I went through in June. Deer fly galore! Broke 3 swatters in a day.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

We really should be thinking our lucky stars it was cold and didn’t have to do that. Deer flies are MEAN!

[@walkerig1]

Wonderful episode!

[@curtishyde1842]

Those were dredger teeth for canal dredging barge

[@BeauAndBrandy]

So not to be confused with kraken tentacles 🤣 That’s a cool fact!! Thank you.

[@SVHummingbird2]

So, the water resembles tea....which is made by soaking leaves in water giving it color and acidity🫖Also that acidity can be used in tanning processes. I once tanned leather in oak leaf "tea".

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Oooh I bet that turned out nice!

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

Love you guys! Thanks for teaching me something new about my home state. I've canoed in the Great Dismal Swamp, but didn't know about the tannic acid and water quality. Very interesting! Safe travels. ❤

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thank you! 😊

[@JustinSaying]

Brandy's lost her tan. I hope the drone dried out. I'm like old school. I got to figure out how to become a patron . You two are worth it so I got to figure it. I've been watching you guys for years. Thank you for all that you do and I will become a patron soon I will figure it out if I got to get my daughter to help me. Ty

[@BeauAndBrandy]

That’s why we are trying to get south, Brandy needs more sun! The drone dried out but the camera alas didn’t make it.

[@treasurecoastgypsy]

I was expecting , you guys to say to each other " I hear banjos' while cruising the ditch !

[@BeauAndBrandy]

🤣😂

[@aimeelarsen4980]

That was awesome! Even the background music is spot on. I will say i'm glad you were not in Florida when Beau jumped over board to retrieve the drone. Love you both! ❤

[@BeauAndBrandy]

No gators in this swamp 🐊. Love you 😘

[@btrent9244]

Great video adventure. Very cool idea with the Picturesque puzzles. Gotta check’em out 👍. Good drone recovery Beau. Still working?

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thank you!! The body still worlds but had to replace the camera.

[@lil_joe_iii]

Awesome video

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thanks!

[@lil_joe_iii]

@@BeauAndBrandy I finally got caught up on your videos after my cruise I took last month and building my new tugboat in deciding for this tugboat I’m building I’m going total boat for the outside only

[@catboatadventures7208]

OMG. The exact same thing happened to my drone in the Dismal Swamp. I launched it when we were between tall trees, it didn't pick up the GPS signal (presumably). It got very confused, and then flew sideways into a tree and fell into the water. I never found it. The mourning process I went through ruined the rest of my trip through the Swamp. Then I laughed it off and got over it. I guess losing drones is an occupational hazard when you take the risk of flying over the water like you do. I'm very glad you got your drone back. Love your channel. Many thanks! Keep up the good work! The little footage I did get (starts at 2:31) was at the other end of the Swamp and is on this video. I was going north. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hInHoKeflKaEmNk

[@michaelboelte2186]

Hello, I'm Mike, I was born in Norfolk, Va. When I was in my 20's I would spend lots of time in Sea Shore State Park, which is on the Va. Beach side of the swamp. I remember catching 26 snakes in one afternoon there. By sailing through you really missed the swamp. It was a good and interesting episode. Thanks.

[@faircompetition1203]

this is where your variable draft pays HUGE dividends

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Ain’t that the truth! ⛵️

[@jorgegorina3039]

❤👍🏻🙌🏼beautiful scenery

[@chrisd8438]

Amazing. Than you.

[@lambertodgr8]

Hope you got your drone fixed .lost mine last November it crashed in salt water. All the electrics were fried.😢 waiting till I can afford a replacement .

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thank goodness we did. Thanks to eBay we piece him back together. Footage was rescued.

[@waltervanderboor]

Beautiful but brrrr, I remember living in northern Europe sailing in winter, taking an inland cur, beautiful yes but man I appreciated the heater. Living in the Tropics now, never want to go back to the cold, especially if the freezing wind kicks in. You are luck with that forest stopping the wind.

[@John-Nada]

Excellent episode and beautiful area. I wonder if you successfully restored the drone. Sounds like a bald eagle there at the end, or maybe an osprey.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Sadly the camera is broken but the body still is good. Thankfully we saved the footage!

[@TammyBillings-qt1ve]

It is beautiful

[@barryk8969]

Those big pointy rusty thingys are cutter heads, not sure of the correct name for them, used for dredging.

[@gregkinnan2435]

I hope your drone still works? I put my mast into a tree during this passage and had to clim the mast to get the limbs out before we got laughed out of Norfolk

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Literally laughing out loud! Sadly the camera is kaput, but the footage was saved!

[@mitchellmccaffery4220]

great views reminds me of when we would rent a sonata 7 and go down the Myall River from Bulahdelah NSW which opens to the Myall lakes just north of Newcastle NSW Australia check it out on earth. 4 adults and one small child for 7 days great fun

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Such cool memories!! I bet it’s beautiful there too!

[@freedomwanderer91]

South and warm is the best.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

AGREED!

[@artsmith103]

What drone do you use and do you have any moving sailboat landing tips. And when did you do this trip?

[@BeauAndBrandy]

a phantom 4 pro, heave to is the easiest way to catch it (brandy does the catching while i visually fly it back to her) and this was filmed in October

[@artsmith103]

@@BeauAndBrandy Timing was weird. Just after I posted, it crashed :-( I just got a Potensic Atom and often single hand Macgregor 26S with auto tiller. My lake is still frozen. Interesting trip idea for my trailer sailor.

[@wadeshore]

It’s beautiful

[@svevergreen3370]

Just curious: you guys sailed offshore north but ICW south. What was the reason for that choice ?. I am hoping to go south in a couple of years and the many lock coordination, risk of grounding and traffic in the ICW makes me hesitate to take that path. You guys have done both so just curious what made you choose one versus the other ...

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Yes we would much have preferred to have exited the Chesapeake bay right into the ocean and straight south to Florida trying to avoid the Gulf Stream. But we needed to get south in a certain time frame and the ocean wind/weather would not let up for us to feel comfortable going offshore.

[@bareend1494]

Just so you know... The bird that can be heard at the 22:00 Minute mark is a BALD EAGLE. Did you see him or just hear him?

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Didn’t see him that time but earlier the day before we spotted one. 🦅

[@SirAdamMeek]

What are the MAX dimensions of a boat to go thru the swamp?

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Oooh not quite sure. But we couldn’t turn Saoirse around in the skinny parts (got to stay in the middle for sure) and we draft 3.9 and air height 45 and hit some trees. 😬

[@midnight4539]

Looks like you shot this video last fall.

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Sure did. In October.

[@smelkin]

put some pool noodle pieces on the drone?

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Like a seaplane drone 😂

[@smelkin]

Ha, yes, you could paint a shark's mouth on it too@@BeauAndBrandy

[@ericworth-l7c]

Good

[@BeauAndBrandy]

Thanks😊

[@zenstitch9972]

1000 piece puzzle?

[@BeauAndBrandy]

You want a 1000 piece?

[@cindycornog8006]

❤❤

[@mikegray1706]

So,..this was last fall?

[@John-Nada]

last October